Table 1. Incidence rates of primary brain and CNS tumors by histology and sex, Republic of Korea, 2013.
| Histology | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | CR | ASR | n | CR | ASR | n | % | Age* | CR | ASR | |
| Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue | 848 | 3.35 | 2.98 | 761 | 3.01 | 2.69 | 1,609 | 13.6 | 52.0 | 3.18 | 2.82 |
| Pilocytic astrocytoma | 25 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 25 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 50 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 0.10 | 0.17 |
| Diffuse astrocytoma | 2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.0 | 29.0 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Anaplastic astrocytoma | 54 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 40 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 94 | 0.8 | 53.0 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| Unique astrocytoma variants | 18 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 16 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 34 | 0.3 | 30.5 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Astrocytoma, NOS | 65 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 45 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 110 | 0.9 | 47.5 | 0.22 | 0.18 |
| Glioblastoma | 344 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 285 | 1.13 | 0.78 | 629 | 5.3 | 61.0 | 1.24 | 0.87 |
| Oligodendroglioma | 47 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 40 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 87 | 0.7 | 47.0 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Anaplastic oligodendroglioma | 28 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 31 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 59 | 0.5 | 52.0 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma | 34 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 47 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 81 | 0.7 | 46.0 | 0.16 | 0.15 |
| Ependymoma variants | 11 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 15 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 26 | 0.2 | 47.0 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Mixed glioma | 25 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 22 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 47 | 0.4 | 44.0 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Glioma malignant, NOS | 84 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 76 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 160 | 1.4 | 50.0 | 0.32 | 0.28 |
| Choroid plexus | 9 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 11 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 20 | 0.2 | 33.0 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Neuroepithelial | 12 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 9 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 21 | 0.2 | 54.0 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Non-malignant and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed | 51 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 54 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 105 | 0.9 | 29.0 | 0.21 | 0.24 |
| Pineal parenchymal | 13 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 9 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 22 | 0.2 | 37.5 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma | 26 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 35 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 61 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.12 | 0.25 |
| Tumors of cranial and spinal nerves | 674 | 2.67 | 1.95 | 780 | 3.09 | 2.10 | 1,454 | 12.3 | 54.0 | 2.88 | 2.02 |
| Nerve sheath, non-malignant and malignant | 674 | 2.67 | 1.95 | 780 | 3.09 | 2.10 | 1,454 | 12.3 | 54.0 | 2.88 | 2.02 |
| Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tumors of meninges | 996 | 3.94 | 2.77 | 3,485 | 13.79 | 8.36 | 4,481 | 37.9 | 61.0 | 8.86 | 5.68 |
| Meningioma | 954 | 3.77 | 2.61 | 3,455 | 13.67 | 8.26 | 4,409 | 37.3 | 61.0 | 8.72 | 5.55 |
| Other mesenchymal, non-malignant and malignant | 42 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 30 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 72 | 0.6 | 45.0 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| Lymphomas and hemopoietic neoplasms | 124 | 0.49 | 0.34 | 97 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 221 | 1.9 | 63.0 | 0.44 | 0.29 |
| Lymphoma | 124 | 0.49 | 0.34 | 97 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 221 | 1.9 | 63.0 | 0.44 | 0.29 |
| Germ cell tumors, and cysts | 92 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 35 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 127 | 1.1 | 18.0 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias | 92 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 35 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 127 | 1.1 | 18.0 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Tumors of sellar region | 911 | 3.60 | 2.68 | 1,366 | 5.40 | 4.31 | 2,277 | 19.3 | 50.0 | 4.50 | 3.45 |
| Pituitary | 835 | 3.30 | 2.42 | 1,291 | 5.11 | 4.05 | 2,126 | 18.0 | 50.0 | 4.20 | 3.20 |
| Craniopharyngioma | 76 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 75 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 151 | 1.3 | 45.0 | 0.30 | 0.26 |
| Local extensions from regional tumors | 6 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 16 | 0.1 | 44.5 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Chordoma/chondrosarcoma | 6 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 16 | 0.1 | 44.5 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Unclassified tumors | 735 | 2.91 | 2.36 | 907 | 3.59 | 2.57 | 1,642 | 13.9 | 53.0 | 3.25 | 2.46 |
| Hemangioma | 199 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 239 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 438 | 3.7 | 48.0 | 0.87 | 0.69 |
| Hemangioblastoma | 67 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 45 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 112 | 0.9 | 48.5 | 0.22 | 0.17 |
| Neoplasm, unspecified | 457 | 1.81 | 1.48 | 613 | 2.43 | 1.64 | 1,070 | 9.0 | 56.5 | 2.12 | 1.56 |
| All others | 12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 22 | 0.2 | 55.0 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Total | 4,386 | 17.34 | 13.58 | 7,441 | 29.44 | 20.49 | 11,827 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 23.39 | 17.09 |
*Median age at diagnosis. CR, crude rate; ASR, age-standardized rate; NOS, not otherwise specified; CNS, central nervous system